Good Bye, Rita!

I thought we were near the end of this story, and wanted to close this blog of Hurricane Rita by about 1400h CDT. At approximately 1230h CDT our power went out. We have had very little rain, less than 0.5 inches (1.25 dm) by all accounts, and the wind finally died down around 1500h CDT. Our power was restored around 2000h CDT.

Wednesday, when I returned from an overseas trip, Rita was headed toward Matagorda, TX and we were on target for hurricane force winds of 100 mph (160 kmph). Over the two days that followed, landfall shifted east 140 miles, and all we lost was a fence. We are grateful. My daughter says it was anti-climatic, but losing a fence to a storm whose center was 110 miles (176 km) away is "climatic" enough for me.

Things are normal now, except for the fence. The winds are back to normal, the skies are clearing, we can empty our water containers, move things back upon the deck, maybe get some gas in the Jeep. Normal officially begins tomorrow...

Thanks for sharing in this journey,

Mark